The Bloomdaddy Experience with Otis & Sam June 10, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
See number one talk show in the Ohio Alley. This
is the bloom Daddy Experience. Your host bloom Daddy. His
goal inform, entertain and tick people off. The bloom Daddy
Experience on news radio eleven seventy WWVA starts.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Now, well, good morning, seven o six. What is it?
Otis Tuesday and it feels like Thursday. Yeah, it's only Tuesday, folks,
But listen.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
Happy birthday to my college room mate Rob. Oh, he's
fifty eight today.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Happy birthday, mister Rob. Maybe didn't want to have people
know fifty eight the time.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
He didn't care. Yeah, and if he does, it's great.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Well on the okay day.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
So we have it. We have a Our birthdays are
funny because like so if we were little kids, like
it would be my half birthday today.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
You're half birthday? What is a half birthday?

Speaker 3 (01:02):
Like six months? Yeah? Oh sod my birthday six months
from today. Oh, and so that's how we know. So
I always say on my birthday, I always tell him, hey,
happy whatever number and a half you are.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
I've never heard some a half birthday before. That's a
new thing, no, I know.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
Just it would be like like you know how kids
say they're six and a half where they're eight.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
And now he's your indicator that.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
It's actually six six months away. Our birthdays are exactly
six months apart.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Okay, where's my calendar?

Speaker 3 (01:30):
December tenth? You don't need to figure it out.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Well, No, I was going to give myself a reminder.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
There you go, right, Maybe you'll bring me the one
of the two breakfast you owe me.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
What did you say, December tenth? Okay, December tenth itic
his birthday.

Speaker 3 (01:48):
I'm actually happy birthday, Rob.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
I'm actually not worried.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
About my birthday.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Really writing this down.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
You are because it makes for a great radio Sorry,
like you couldn't have done it during your break.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
No, because I would have forgot, would have forgot, like
I forgot the breakfast. Is that breakfasts? Breakfasts that I
owe you.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah, that's a convenience that you forget those I.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
Know, I know, memories sometimes a blessing in disguise.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
You know, the pre show stuff that sometimes you know
we'll talk about in here. But just I pulled up
some old Sly in the family Stone music and was
playing it in memory of Sly.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
I was dancing, yeah, I mean.

Speaker 3 (02:28):
And one of the comments that I made to you
was I mean, he was just so far ahead of
his time as far as like the he was such
an influence like ohing somebody like print and you know,
there's well we've got a story here somewhere on it.
So but yeah, I mean he was just such an
influence on on on like George Clinton and Funkadelic and

(02:52):
and and and those and those types of people, and
you know, unfortunately drugs and and and not being able
to live up to the success that he had early
on or like demons that haunted him. So you know,
at eighty two years old. I mean, but they you know,
people were reintroduced to slide in the family Stone when
they got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of

(03:14):
Fame in two thousand and six. And then I believe
that there was a or the two thousand and six
was the tribute to the Grammys. Nineteen ninety three, they
were inducted into the Hall of Fame. So they've been
in there a while and just you know, you know
how Prince would kind of like spell different things like
or put where, so sly Stone was the first one

(03:37):
to do that, like for for letting me be myself
again because it was mice m I ce lf elf
again instead of myself. He put mice elf, so he
just I mean, you can't go wrong listening to Slide
in the family Stone. It's almost like it's almost like
Fleetwood Mac, you can't go wrong. But some of the

(04:01):
songs were just so like, well, you know, thank you
for letting me be myself again. It's just so progressively
funky that it laid the groundwork for music to come.

Speaker 2 (04:15):
Well when he influenced multiple different genres of art. You
know you're here, you hear funkadal like and it's but
he he his his reach was beyond what you would think.

Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah, and you know we would love to be able
to play you some sly and we can, but then
it can't go on the podcast. Yes, So you know,
it's one of those things that you just you know
it's coming. The guys. First off, he's it's almost like
he disappeared into you know, rock and roll oblivion. So

(04:54):
you know, but just to find out that he passed.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
Away yesterday, it happened yesterday.

Speaker 3 (04:58):
Actually Monday, Well that would be yesterday. I'm thinking to
myself because I said, it feels like Thursday.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
Get me all discombobulated.

Speaker 3 (05:09):
Over here for me too. Yeah, but I just I mean, wow,
what a what a legend. We might have to find
some old clips and put them on our Facebook page.

Speaker 2 (05:19):
Eighty two years old, A long battle with COPD.

Speaker 3 (05:25):
Yeah, I mean yeah, I mean his his his family's
was with him when he passed. I mean, that's that's
a good thing. And just there there's so many stories
about Sly and how he just kind of faded off
and disappeared, and a lot of it was because of
drug abuse, and you know, you hate to see that,
but that was that was the time.

Speaker 2 (05:47):
I was gonna say, he comes from that generation of musicians.

Speaker 3 (05:50):
Where and you know he you know, you look at
some of the musician musicians that didn't make it through
that era and you know, didn't make it to mid
seventies or even the eighties, and and because of the
drug abuse and drug use and everything else.

Speaker 2 (06:04):
They didn't even make it to thirty or thirty five
years old.

Speaker 3 (06:06):
Well you know how many of them died at twenty seven.
Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix. You know that in
that in that genre, you know, Sly played Woodstock, you know,
so you know, pretty pretty decent resume. Let's put it
this way. I mean rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Grammy's not you know, give you a special award. I

(06:26):
mean the dude, the dude could write some music well.

Speaker 2 (06:30):
And it makes you wonder the names that you just
you rattled off, Jim Morrison and Jennis Joplin and all those,
you know, we we hold them to such high regards.
A lot of the reason because we did lose them
so young.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
Yeah, and I think that's that's some of the mystique,
right because I mean Cobaine, right, he's a twenty seven
so you know, you look at you know, that's the
curse of the twenty sevens, is you know what what
they call it? Because so many rock and roll people
have died at twenty seven.

Speaker 2 (06:58):
But it makes you wonder if they had survived, what.

Speaker 3 (07:02):
Would happen They made it, Yes, what they.

Speaker 2 (07:05):
Have continued to be prolific songwriters at the top of
their game, right, Yeah. Or like Janis Joplin, I get it,
she was a part of an era. I personally can't
stand her voice. I don't think it's appealing whatsoever. I
don't understand it. I don't get it, but as part

(07:25):
of the reason she is held to the level she
is because she did pass away young.

Speaker 3 (07:33):
Well I think I think, you know, they look at
the influence that she had and and the you know,
there are there are musical artists that that when they
when they break through, kind of like Nirvana, it changed.

(07:53):
It changed the music industry. And you look at somebody
like Guns N' Roses. They came in in a time
and synthpop and everything else in the mid eighties and
then they just came out guns blazing rock and roll,
you know, again, changed the music scene. Janis Joplin was
one of those people that changed the music scene, so,

(08:15):
you know. And it was that hippie culture with the
Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix and Dak Cruise.

Speaker 2 (08:22):
I just see people in dresses going like this.

Speaker 3 (08:24):
Yeah, I mean that's really what it was. It was
the summer of love when you know, in sixty nine,
So it is what it is.

Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yeah, but again we lost Sly Stewart.

Speaker 3 (08:35):
Yeah, Sylvester Stewart was his real name, but Slashton, Yeah
s from Slide in the Famous Stone two years old.

Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yeah, I mean yeah, there's actually a documentary out there
done by Questlove. It was done actually this year, in
twenty twenty five. It's called sly Lives. Doesn't say where
where you can find where you can find it. I'm
sure you can search it, google it and find it.

Speaker 3 (08:59):
It's probably a one of the you know, Netflix or
Hulu or Peacock.

Speaker 2 (09:04):
It might be Peacock.

Speaker 3 (09:05):
Is he quest Loves a Lot? He's on NBC a lot.

Speaker 2 (09:08):
He's the night show band leader, isn't he.

Speaker 3 (09:10):
Yeah, Jimmy Fallon, Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (09:12):
So lost there for the music community. Coming up, we
have a question for you.

Speaker 3 (09:16):
I really expect to get into that in the first segment. Yeah,
we did.

Speaker 2 (09:19):
That's all right, that's all right. Have a question for you.
I've seen this circulating all over social media, so I'm
posting it to you, posing it to you. Is this
what you voted for? Plain and simple? Is this what
you've voted for? It's on our Facebook page. You can
go on there and comment, or of course you can
comment on our text line three zero three eight to two.

(09:42):
Start the message off with bloom Daddy. The question is
is this what you've voted for? And why? And of
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to a quick break. It's seven sixteen. You're listening to
the bloom Daddy Experience. Sam and Otis News Radio eleven
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(10:10):
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two started off with bloom Daddy. It's a real simple question.

(11:27):
Is this what you voted for? You know, this past
weekend and continuing through yesterday and this morning, we have
seen riots, lawlessness, what destruction, violence, whatever you want to
call it. In Los Angeles. That's what those with eyes
like I have call it, because that's what it is.

(11:49):
To people like the mayor Karen Bass and others. It's
peaceful protesting. I don't consider throwing chunks of concrete over
overpasses at the LAPD peaceful protesting. I don't consider setting
vehicles on fire peaceful protesting. Maybe my definition of peaceful

(12:15):
protesting is off. I don't know. I don't know. Maybe
I'm just confused. But so yeah, on our Facebook page again,
is this what you voted for? Do you want to
see the National Guard being sent into places like Los
Angeles when we see destruction like this happening? Do you

(12:37):
agree with removing flags like the Rainbow flag or the
trans flag from federal buildings. Do you agree with removing
men from female sports and private facilities and areas you
know the things that are being done. Is are these

(12:57):
things what you voted for? It's a simple question on Facebook.
Marcy said yes, and I do it again. John said
absolutely yes, all common sense. Dave says one hundred percent.
Mark says, yes, I did vote for this. This is
a meme. Actually yes, I did vote for this, but

(13:19):
it's even better than I had hoped. So go on
Facebook comment like everybody else did, or of course you
can call us one eight hundred and six to eleven
seventy if you have thoughts on this. So I wanted
to touch briefly on what is happening in Los Angeles.
Kind of talked about this a little bit yesterday, but

(13:40):
following the news reports and the interviews and statements to
media that some of the Democrats are making about what
is happening, it's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous that they are

(14:07):
holding their stance on the fact that this is a
peaceful protest, that they are blaming everything on President Trump,
that if the National Guard was not sent in, this
would not be going on, if ice raids were not happening.
This would not be happening. Well, guess what the ice

(14:29):
raids are happening because you have illegals in your city
and in your state. I don't understand where we have
lost the thinking of a criminal is a criminal. If
you break the law, you are held accountable. Where did

(14:55):
we lose sight of that? Where did we lose sight that?
Here in the United States you can do whatever you want.
Anybody can come in. It's an open door policy. Where

(15:18):
is law and order? Where have we lost the common
sense of law and order? Somewhere within the last five
to ten years that has become a thing of the past. Unfortunately,

(15:41):
and now that we have folks in charge who want
to restore law and order, who want to hold people
accountable for breaking the law, they're being attacked not only politically,

(16:02):
but we're seeing it in the streets of La physically.
I do not understand how a governor or a mayor
could sit and watch the clips that I have watched.
Where As I said, in La, I think it was
a sheriff's apartment man was walking under an underpass and
had a chunk of concrete launched at him and strike

(16:24):
him in the head. How in the world. Can the
leaders of this city in this state stand by when
these men and women fight to secure your city in
your state, and you defend the people doing this violence.

(16:48):
Or how about an ABC reporter that made this comment yesterday,
it's just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn.
That is a member of the media. That's how ridiculous
it's gotten. Seven twenty eight. You're listening to the bloom

(17:08):
Daddy Experience here on news Radio eleven seventy WWVA. Welcome back,
seven thirty six The Bloomdaddy Experience OTIS and SAM News

(17:29):
Radio eleven seventy WWVA. So post a question to everyone
this morning, is this what you voted for? It's on
our Facebook page, which of course you can go and comment,
or you can text us three zero three eight two
just like this one. It says yes. In fact, all

(17:49):
of this would stop if the National Guard would put
ten or fifteen people in the ground. That's that's a
little extreme, and that includes members of the national news media.
That's even more extreme. But when you see the things
that we are seeing, I can people are frustrated. People

(18:10):
are tired of seeing the destruction and the violence. Wes
on Facebook says, uh, without a single without a single
bit of equivocation. Yes, oh, Wes, really, it's early in
the morning for a big word like that. That's just
I'm going to say about that. Hopefully I said it right,
but yeah, Wes, big words. But he agrees, Yes, this

(18:33):
is what he voted for. One thing I picked up
when reading all of the different coverage, listening to the
different coverage of what is happening in LA words, and
I kind of hit on this a little bit yesterday.

(18:56):
Words matter. Words matter that are spoken by those holding office,
the words used matter by those in the press. It
matters because what is happening is a prime example of this.

(19:24):
You turn on one news outlet and you hear things
like I said before the break, an ABC reporter out
of an LA station says, it's just a bunch of
people having fun watching cars burn. Okay, so that's coverage

(19:44):
from an ABC station affiliate out of Los Angeles. Then
you look at other coverage where they are showing you
the actual violence that is happening, the chunks of concrete
being thrown, the fire, the spray painting on facilities, death

(20:06):
to America, the burning of the American flag, and you
see that. But then you take in the words a
lot of coverage and a lot of the leadership in
this country, whether we're talking Corey Booker or we're talking Bass,

(20:30):
we're talking Governor Newsom, it's a peaceful protest. Other coverage,
these are riots. Just comparing those two words and how
things like this are covered by the media and how

(20:50):
they are spoken about by politicians can easily warp how
you and I feel about certain things or our viewpoints
on topics. But it also gives the green light to

(21:14):
those who are committing the violence, setting the fires, spray
painting the buildings, attacking the cops, attacking the National Guard.
It gives them the green light to continue what they're
doing because as far as the mayor is concerned, it's
a peaceful protest. In the violence and the level that

(21:42):
it has gotten to is because of President Trump. So
once again that gives the green light to those that
are out there in the streets to continue and amp
up what they are doing. And then we have talking

(22:02):
heads on shows like The View God, I wish they
would be canceled. I'm not one that calls for cancel
culture in any way, shape or form, but man, it
would do this. Entire society a great pleasure to get
rid of that show. But Sunny Houston yesterday on the

(22:23):
View calls this a calls for a civil war. She says,
I think that that's the way we need to look
at it because deploying the National Guard is supposed to
be a last resort. But what this president is doing
is that he is he's saying he's going to deploy
them anywhere in this country where there is a protest.

(22:46):
So that is certainly not a last resort of military troops. No, Sonny,
that is not what he did. What he did is
he stood back and saw what happened in twenty twenty
in the destruction that happened in La there that at
that point in time with that quote unquote, peace will protest,

(23:07):
and decided to try and stop that before it got
to that level this time around. That's what this is about.
But using words like civil war, imagine somebody sitting at

(23:28):
home and they hear that and they're not mentally one
hundred percent there, What does that strike in that person?
We wonder where violence comes from. We wonder where the
bombers come from, and the school shooters in the you know,
all these extreme things that we happen throughout this country. Now,

(23:48):
I'm not putting the blame on the women of the view.
What I'm saying is people who have a microphone, and
I am one of them sitting in front of it
right now. We need to be more conscientious about the
words that we use, and we need to remember who

(24:11):
is watching and who is listening, because we never know
exactly what is going to strike a chord with the
wrong person. And when you have the privilege to sit
behind a microphone like otis and I do every day,

(24:31):
we need to be responsible in the words that we use.
And I know there are times where I get worked up,
but there are certain things that work me up, and
things like this absolutely do. When I sit back and
I watch people who are ungrateful, I'm sorry, I'm going
to say it, ungrateful, burn the American flag, spit on

(24:55):
the cops in our military, folks who resort to violence
against our law enforcement. I don't have it. I don't
have I'm not shameful to say it. I think it's repulsive,

(25:16):
and what is happening out in California is repulsive. I
said it yesterday and I'll say it again. If you
want to burn our flag, and you want to spin
on our law enforcement, and you want to spray paint
death to America on our streets and on our buildings,
get out, Get out. And the fact that there are

(25:43):
folks that feel that this is acceptable and this is
freedom of speech, I understand it. It is freedom of speech.
But what we're talking about right now is the fact
that how many of these people are here illegally and

(26:04):
they're fighting this because they don't want deported. And we
have people in this government for political reasons and just
because they hate one man who are defending this, and
they'll sit back and they'll watch their city burn. But

(26:25):
words are important, very very important. One in one hundred sixty two,
four eleven seventy. You have any thoughts, call us one
in hundred sixty two, four eleven seventy. Again, the question
posts to you today, is this what you voted for?

(26:47):
Law and order, law enforcement, closed borders, an end to
the culture wars? Is that what you voted for? Or
you can text us three zero three eight to two
start off the message with bloom again. That's three zero
three eight two and coming up next shortly, we're gonna
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Otis News Radio eleven seventy WWVA. Welcome back seven to

(27:29):
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(28:17):
if you want to add to the show, have a comment.
Our text line three zero three eight to two started
off with bloom Daddy. I want to get into some
local things happening right now. Fallensby residents will be tasked
with electing a new mayor today. The incumbent David Uh
help me there, otis David Volagol Vallego.

Speaker 3 (28:41):
Uh Villagol Villago.

Speaker 2 (28:43):
Okay, that's what I thought. Junior is seeking re election,
but he will be challenged by Scott McMahon. Villago has
been mayor for the past fourteen years. Polls are open
and will close at seven point thirty this evening, So
again fallensby residents. If you have not voted, you have
until seven thirty this evening for the new mayor. This

(29:05):
is a little uh hm. I live in Belmont County.
Black bears are becoming more common in the valley. Bear
sightings have been reported in both Guernsey and Belmont Counties.
Officials are reminding people to stay alert when they're outdoors.
If you notice a bear endangering others, call nine one one.

(29:26):
I remember, Otis. I don't know if you were here yet.
Many years ago, a girl that worked here, she was
late because she was driving on two fifty to work
that morning, and she came upon what she thought was
basically a big pile of dirt or mud in the

(29:48):
middle of the road, and she went to go swerve
around it and it moved.

Speaker 3 (29:53):
That's always a little that or shake up a little bit.

Speaker 2 (29:56):
Well, it was a baby bear, so not sure if
this is the right way to do it. She got
out of her car to coax it across to get
it off the road so it didn't get hit. Yeah,
your big big headshake on that one.

Speaker 3 (30:12):
Yeah, not moving a cub because Mama bear is not
far away.

Speaker 2 (30:16):
Mama bear was not far away and she got into
her car very quickly. But yeah, yeah, what do they say,
I mean, Mama bear is always right there. I mean
she's not. Yeah, yeah, it makes me uh hm. But
we got to remember we have excuse me, we have

(30:37):
a lot of woods and forests in this area, and
of course the mountains and hills that we have, but
there's also been a lot of impeding on their territory
that we've kind of flushed them out a little bit too.
So you know, be aware, be diligent, and if you
have small animals and you let them outside and you

(30:59):
live up against the woods, kind of pay attention. You know,
it's something to really pay attention to. Then. Also, Wheeling
Police will host its first crime Watch meeting of June
later today. Residents are invited to christ United Methodist Church
for the gathering. It starts at seven. Another meeting is
scheduled for Thursday. So again, the first crime Watch meeting

(31:22):
of June is happening today at seven o'clock at christ
United Methodist Church for the gathering, another meaning is going
to happen on Thursday. So, so, have you ever done
a crime watch? Never? I don't live in a neighborhood
it has crime watch. That's not something that.

Speaker 3 (31:40):
My neighbors in my crime watch?

Speaker 2 (31:42):
Are they they report you?

Speaker 4 (31:44):
No.

Speaker 3 (31:46):
I have a set of neighbors that you know, they're
they're always out on the porch, so you know, I mean,
I'm pretty confident that the six or seven houses that
are around me are pretty much underwatch all the time.

Speaker 2 (31:58):
So I think that's what my does. He is like
the mic.

Speaker 3 (32:02):
Well, people go by my house and when these two
idiots go into the window and start barking, they're like
terrified of them, and so we'll just leave it at that.

Speaker 2 (32:11):
My stupid puppy, he's not stupid, No, he is kind
of stupid, but he's he's cute and stupid. But he
now has figured out if he stands up on his
hind legs out the front window, he's he's learned how
to move the curtain out of the way in every
hour to two hours. He goes to the front window,
pops up there. He looks left all the way down

(32:32):
the street, he looks right all the way down the
street and just kind of does an over an overview.
All right, as far as he's concerned, everything looks good.
He can go back to taking a nap or eating
or chewing on something. But he has this routine now
as if he is the neighborhood watch lady, where he's
going to check out. He's going to check out everything

(32:55):
and make sure everything's okay. It's it's comical. He's not
real happy with me right now because he got the
he got the snip snip, So he's, uh, he's feeling
a little.

Speaker 3 (33:07):
Cut off there.

Speaker 2 (33:09):
Gittleerries, Yeah, he's feeling a little less masculine, if you will.
He still gives me the dirty look right now. So
not real happy. And here's some good news. Egg prices.
Just for the heck of it, everybody talks about the
price of eggs. Last week, they fell on average for

(33:33):
a dozen to two dollars and fifty two cents nationally.
So for everybody who's been obsessed with the price of eggs.
Back in January, the average was six dollars and forty
nine cents. We are now down to two dollars and
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Hopefully that makes everybody a little bit more calm on
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eight hundred six two four eleven seventy. It's seven fifty
eight here on this Tuesday morning. The Bloomdaddy Experience samon
Otis News Radio eleven seventy wwvad.

Speaker 1 (34:41):
Number one talk show in the Ohio Valley. This is
the bloom Daddy Experience. Your host, bloom Daddy, his goal inform, entertain,
and tick people off. The bloom Daddy Experience on news
radio eleven seventy WWVA starts now.

Speaker 2 (35:02):
Welcome back. It's eight oh six on this Tuesday. Congrats
to Charles our first Winter Winter this morning for the
four tickets to see the Ironman this Saturday. But he's
not gonna be the only winner. We're gonna have another
chance here a little bit later in this hour, so
stay tuned for that. And then also a reminder tomorrow,

(35:23):
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yummy River cityfood on Friday. So how about a laugh otis? So,

(35:44):
if you were a bandit, a criminal, what would you
want your nickname to be? So think like think like
Old West. There was Billy the Kid and all of that.
You know, what would your criminal nickname be? I didn't

(36:05):
give you any heads up on this, so.

Speaker 3 (36:08):
I kind of like the Riddler.

Speaker 2 (36:10):
The Riddler, okay.

Speaker 3 (36:12):
I mean it's better than Lex Luthor or yeah, you know.
I mean if you're going to go with somebody, you
want somebody that's going to have some fun with it.
So okay, if that wouldn't be mine, but that's my favorite.
I think that's one of my favorite. What do you
want to call him villains, you know, right, bad guys
in comic books or whatever.

Speaker 2 (36:34):
Well, this gentleman in Ohio, who they have not found
out who he is yet, has this wonderful moniker captain underpans.

Speaker 3 (36:49):
That's always a good one.

Speaker 2 (36:50):
I just screams evil villain, doesn't it? Well? Okay? So
Sciota County Sheriff's Office in Ohio received a call from
their local Dollar General store after they had videotape of
watching somebody break into the store by smashing the front door,

(37:15):
which of course is solid glass. This happened on Sunday morning.
The footage shows a man in a cape and tidy
whities with nothing else. So here's this guy in a

(37:36):
white cape. It actually looks like a bathtowel, to be honest,
like when you were a kid and used to tie
the towel around your neck and you run around and
pretend you were Superman or Batman. That's what it looks like.
And it's tighty whities. He breaks into the store, but
going through this glass door, and then he makes his
way to the women's clothing section, but surprise, surprise, does

(38:02):
he steal but women's underwear. So I don't know if
The nickname come Captain Underpants, comes from the fact that
he wore his wonderful tidy whities or the fact that

(38:23):
he stole women's underwear. What one thing he did not
plan for was the fact that he was breaking solid
glass in his underwear. That did not go down very
well because when detectives and deputies arrived on scene, they

(38:44):
found a trail of blood that led back to the
women's underwear section of the store. So be on the
lookout if you're in Sciota County for Captain Underpants, and ladies,

(39:09):
watch your underwear because Captain Underpants he's on the loose.
He's on the loose. Listen, somebody sent me this story.
Sometimes you can't make this stuff up. You can't make
it up. It's it's just it's it's it's I don't know,

(39:31):
I don't know. All you can do is shake your head.
All you can do is shake your head and out
of Canada. Montreal, to be exact, pet owners are upset.
There's a new sign at the local dog park saying

(39:52):
no barking. So think about that. There's this sign at
a Montreal dog park that is enforcing no barking. It
prohibits dogs from barking, and it has sparked outrage among

(40:13):
the community. Well, yeah, many dog owners feel it is
unresponsible to expect dogs to do not to bark in
a place specifically designate him for them to play. I
mean that that's that's this is just this is just stupid.
The controversy has led to heated debates online and calls

(40:34):
for this sign to be removed. Some argue that barking
is a natural behavior for dogs. H yes, that that's
that's what they do. City officials have yet to comment
on the situation. So if you're a dog and a

(40:55):
dog owner and you go to a dog park, what
do you say to law enforcement that comes up to
you and says, your dog is barking. It's not allowed
to bark. We might cite you. You might get a citation.

Speaker 3 (41:10):
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Speaker 2 (41:14):
I mean, that's like saying to a kid, you take
them to Kenny Wood or Disney World and they're riding
a ride and it says it's posted no giggling or screaming.

Speaker 3 (41:29):
No laughing, or a comedy show and no laughing.

Speaker 2 (41:31):
Yeah, I mean come on, yeah, yes.

Speaker 3 (41:35):
Well, and here's the other thing, how do you control
your dog from barking? You mean other than muzzle or
shot collar when he barks. Used apping, But I mean
that's that's not fair to the dog. I mean, when
there's normally other dogs around, they're gonna bark. That's what
they do well.

Speaker 2 (41:50):
And I don't know. Sometimes again, stupidity is sometimes running
rampant when it comes to things like that. I know,
the term we throw around a lot is common sense.

(42:12):
But the common sense way of living or common sense
thinking for a lot of folks is going the way
of I don't know, the dinosaurs. It's just again, you

(42:33):
just shake your head. You just shake your head. It
goes back to what we were talking about earlier in
the show. In the violence that we're seeing in Los Angeles,
there's no common sense being used out there. All it
is is blame. It goes back to law and order.

(42:53):
It seems as if you know, the common sense of
people living and being a productive member of society, adding
to society instead of trying to tear it down and
cause destruction and violence. I don't know, living with common

(43:15):
sense is becoming a way of the past. You know,
whatever happened to the you know, you go to work.
Every day. You work hard, You're proud to work hard,
Go home to your family, take care of your home,

(43:36):
take take care of your children, and leave a live
a productive, satisfying life. It seems like that way of
thinking is again becoming the the minority in this country.

(43:59):
Common sense, we miss it, slowly coming back, but we
miss it, that's for sure. But by all means, Fido,
you cannot bark at the dog park. No way, no way, goodness,

(44:20):
it's eight fifteen. We're gonna have another chance for you
to win this morning. And coming up. Coach Ryan Day,
if you know that name, High state head coach football,
National champion head coach currently has some thoughts on the
possible sixteen team playoff format. Otis. I'm want to talk

(44:42):
to you about this and see what you think about this,
also because I'm not sure I exactly agree. Eight sixteen.
You're listening to the bloom Daddy Experience Sam and Otis
News Radio eleven seventy WWVA.

Speaker 1 (45:04):
Welcome back.

Speaker 2 (45:05):
It's eight twenty one The Bloom Daddy Experience Otis and
Sam News Radio eleven seventy WWVA. Otis, you kicked off
the show mentioning your buddy's birthday today, fifty eight.

Speaker 3 (45:16):
Correct that he's correct.

Speaker 2 (45:17):
Okay, he shares the birthday with Elizabeth Hurley.

Speaker 3 (45:22):
Not a bad one.

Speaker 2 (45:24):
Not a bad one. Oh dude, listen, I'm a chicken.
She's she's pretty smoking. Sixty years old, sixty years old.
Elizabeth Hurley turns today. Faith Evans, the of course musician,
fifty two years old. So there's some celebrity birthdays to
for you. Yeah, man, Elizabeth Hurley sixty years old. Good

(45:48):
for her, man, Good for her, still looking. I give
it to her. Give it to her. It's not fun
to get old. She doesn't look it at all anyways. Anyways,
all right, so let's get into some sports. So again,
coach Ryan Day, High State head coach, current National Championship

(46:15):
head coach, speaking yesterday at a press conference, mentioned a
couple things about the college football playoff situation. So, I
thought when the playoff bracket went to a twelve team format,

(46:38):
because it started at eight? Correct? Otis started at eight,
started a four, four and then eight now twelve.

Speaker 3 (46:47):
No, I think it went four to twelve.

Speaker 2 (46:50):
It went straight from four to twelve for some reason.
I though other is eight. Well, now it's being debated
for another expansion, and Coach Day is pushing for this,
but he's also on top of that pushing for a
guaranteed amount of slots for Big Ten representation in the bracket.

(47:17):
So in conversation in the sports world, this sixteen team
sixteen team format is gaining steam, and when he was
asked about this, he said, I feel like we deserve
at least four automatic qualifiers. And when he says we,

(47:38):
he's referring to the Big Ten. We're in the Big
Ten and we have eighteen teams and some of the
best programs in the country. Day also supports both the
Big Ten and SEC having those four auto qualifiers, with

(47:59):
the ACC and Big twelve each getting two slots, and
then the top group of five championships also earning a
guaranteed spot, and then finally three at large spots would
round out the field. Now currently, the twenty twenty five

(48:21):
season will remain the twelve team format. I have to
disagree though, with Coach on this. I don't think any
conference should be guaranteed a certain amount of slots in

(48:45):
this format because a conference can have a really bad season.
So if the SEC and the Big Ten each have four,
but say they only have two teams each that have

(49:06):
good seasons, and the rest of the teams in the
division basically stunk the entire season. Why should two of
those teams from each conference have the ability to be
in the bracket and knock out other teams from smaller

(49:26):
conferences that had good seasons. Why should that guarantee be made.
I understand the Big Ten in the SEC, they're pretty
much the dominant conferences in college football. I get that,
and I understand that's where the money is. Those two conferences,

(49:48):
that's where the money is. But when it comes from
comes to the athletes and the teams and the ones
that work. Again, why should they be guaranteed four slots? Say,
only two teams, rightfully statistically and from the record, have

(50:09):
the right to be in the playoffs otis.

Speaker 3 (50:15):
I'm all for condensing it because I think what it's
like in reality. You know, by expanding it, you give
the best team doesn't always win. It's just the same
way in college basketball. The best team in the country
doesn't always win because upsets happen, and when it's a
one and done format, there's no there's no chance to

(50:38):
come back and win. So the best program in the
country may not. You know, they could, They're not going
to come out. So a high state first off, didn't win,
didn't even play in the Big Ten championship game. So
you know, realistically, I mean, take take your conference champion

(51:01):
and maybe one or two at large bids and leave
it at that. I mean, you know, I mean, if
you don't win your conference championship, sorry about your luck.
I mean again, there you go, it's a one and done.
You were the best team in your division, or you
were one of the two best teams in your conference.
Now if you lose to the second place team, so

(51:22):
be it. You know. But and then I mean, I just,
I mean I don't agree with how it's done. I mean,
and besides that, you know, I'm done with college football.
I mean it just I mean, with the nil and
the transfer portal and everything else. And you know you're
paying the players, you know, because here's the thing again,
you expand it to sixteen teams, what's going to happen.

(51:44):
All you're doing is letting four more teams in that
probably really don't deserve it, but have a shot because
it's it's more money for your conference, or it's more
money for TV. It's more money for ESPN.

Speaker 2 (52:00):
Well, and I'm glad you brought up the nil because
we talked about that yesterday and everything. I think that's
what's the problem with college sports. This is just another
layer to the conversation that is pushing people away. They're
getting frustrated by all the changes, the money that's being
thrown around, and now the college football playoff. That's been
a conversation for fifteen years. At this point, people are

(52:23):
to the point where it's like make a decision, have
some consistency, and people are sick of it. A twenty
eight you're listening to the bloom Daddy Experience Sam and
Otis News Radio eleven seventy WWVAW Welcome Back, eight thirty

(52:44):
six Bloiom Daddy Experience Otis and Sam News Radio eleven
seventy WWVA. So yesterday, I love when I get to
do this. I started planning, started planning a trip, and

(53:05):
it's that anticipation of the countdown and everything. So I
don't know if anybody else has started planning their vacation.
I know notics you have. You and I have talked
about it. You're going on a bigger trip than I am.
One thing to keep in mind, if you are flying

(53:27):
or going to a particular country where there is a
risk of what they refer to as Montezuma's revenge, do
not rely on pepto. There's a recent study that the
CDC revealed that the that pepto bismo did not show

(53:49):
a significant difference in preventing the issues compared to a placebo.
The study involved two hundred and seventy participants traveling to
specific regions and found no significant difference in symptoms between
those taking the medication and those taking the placebo. So

(54:11):
if you're planning your vacation and you're going to one
of these regions where extreme stomach issues happen, pack something
besides pepto. I know somebody that's had that and she
was absolutely miserable for about five days of their seven

(54:33):
day vacation. She lost about five pounds, which, you know,
I guess that's the positive outcome in it. But other
than that, it wasn't the best, uh the best vacation ever.
And with this time of year comes Sharkfest is usually

(54:57):
a big part of things, but Nowtional Geographic Channel is
getting involved with their upcoming twenty five hour Sharkfest programming. Block,
which will showcase the premiere of a documentary on don
It dun It Do Dunnut? Is that right? Is that

(55:19):
how it goes?

Speaker 3 (55:19):
No?

Speaker 2 (55:20):
No Jaws the fiftieth Anniversary, which will be happening on
July tenth, and of course, the documentary commemorates the fiftieth
anniversary of this iconic film, which was directed by Stephen
Spielberg and features Roth Schneider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfus.

(55:42):
Gonna Need a Bigger Boat. It delves into the creation
of Jaws and its lasting influence. I know people still
that won't go in the water because of Jaws, and
they watched the movie fifty years ago. Sharkfest will also
present Sharks up Close and Bertie Gregory on July fifth,
followed by Investigation and Shark Attack and Super Shark Highway.

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I think I've watched Jaws once once. That was it
that was It doesn't bother me. It doesn't bother me
at all. And one thing people do for traveling as
people go, this is not me. Anybody who knows me personally,

(56:27):
I do not camp. I do not hike. A vacation.
To me, a relaxing vacation is white Sands Beach, cocktail
in hand, and not a calendar insight, with absolutely no

(56:48):
to do list in no way, shape or form. Do
I have any interest in grocery shopping for my vacation.
I have no interest in cooking breakfast on an open
fire outside of my camper or tent. And I probably
sound like a diva right now, But I have to

(57:11):
worry about cooking and everything else the rest of the
year when I'm on vacation. I don't want to have
to worry about anything. But part of what a lot
of people do when they do do the camping vacations
and things like that, is hiking. And I don't know
what is up with hikers right now, but recently there
was a couple of hikers that they had quite the

(57:35):
trip up the Cascade Mountain. Last month, two hikers called
nine to one one to report that a third person
who was hiking with them had died. The problem was,
it turns out they were just on some shrooms. They

(57:56):
they were hallucinating things. They also told nine to one
to one that they were lost. A ranger arrived on
scene and reported that the adventurers were in an altered
mental state. Yeah, there are mushrooms out there that'll do
that to you. The third hiker, because there actually was

(58:20):
a third hiker, not that that person was part of
the hallucination, just that the person was not actually dead.
The person was real. The third hiker was found very
much alive and unhurt, unharmed, and was at the campsite.
So that's one set of hikers who had some issues.

(58:45):
And then a man was airlifted from Mount Fuji last
week for a second time because he went back to
get his phone. The man, who is from China, was
rescued atop Japan's most iconic peak after getting altitude sickness.

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Four days later, rescuers had to go back to get
the man again. After he went back up to find
his phone. Another climber called the police after finding him
unable to move. The rescue led to outrage on social media,
with calls for the man to have to pay for

(59:31):
the cost to bring him back down. Rightfully, So those
rescue efforts. Not only is a lot of manpower, but
it's a lot of financial costs that goes into that.
Offer a phone. Listen, if you have an iPhone, it
was backed up on the cloud. Just go get a

(59:52):
new phone. Don't go back up on Mount Fuji and
try to find it. Come on, now, that's a bit uh,
that's a bit extreme, and that's asking a bit too
much for the rescuers. So I won't have that problem.

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I'm not what you would call a hiker, not even close,
not even close. And here's a new I'm I'm so
glad I am not single. So glad I am not single.
I don't even know if i'd want to date again
if I was single. But this woman, I gotta give

(01:00:41):
it to her. This is creative. I've got to give
it to her. Her name is Daniella. And you know,
you see all this dating advice. Go to the grocery store,
meet people at the grocery store, the gym, you know,
all these different things that people say. How and of
course there's the dating apps, swipe right, swipe left, that

(01:01:03):
all of that. Well, Danielle has found a new way.
She attends funerals in her hometown every three months because
she wants to catch the eye of Apollo, the Undertaker.
So she knows who she wants and he's the Undertaker. Okay,

(01:01:31):
the funeral director didn't notice her at first because he
was focused on his job. However, the strategy eventually worked
and the two were wed last month. The bride arrived
not on a limo, in a hearse well. Some people

(01:01:55):
say wedding or a funeral. Is there really a difference,
But gotta give it to Daniella got her man. She
got her man, the undertaker Apaullo. That's a name you
don't hear very often, so not around here, Not around here.

(01:02:18):
That's a that's a new one. Congrats to the uh
the newlyweds. I guess it's a different one. It's eight
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You're listening to The bloom Daddy Experience Otis and Sam
News Radio eleven seventy WWVA fifty one The Bluebatti Experience

(01:03:03):
samon Otis news Radio eleven seventy WWVA. We can't wrap
up the show without talking to this guy. Good morning,
Kevin Cook, how are you straw out strawb automotive?

Speaker 3 (01:03:16):
Of course, Hey I got something for you this morning.

Speaker 4 (01:03:21):
Oh oh, all right, go ahead.

Speaker 3 (01:03:23):
In a survey of two thousand US adults who own cars, okay,
which one of these is the highest percentage they regret
putting off car care. They are likely to wait for
an incident or something to break, or wait as long
as possible before bringing their car in to get serviced.
Which one of those is the highest percentage?

Speaker 4 (01:03:45):
I would think regret?

Speaker 3 (01:03:47):
No, actually, regret is thirty five percent. It's number two.
Thirty nine percent say they are likely to wait for
an incident or something to break.

Speaker 4 (01:03:56):
Oh, don't do that.

Speaker 3 (01:03:59):
Yeah. Here's the other question. What car repairs stress out
Americans the most? Is it tires, fuel system breaks, engine
or exhaust system.

Speaker 4 (01:04:09):
Stressing amount the most? Yes, I would think engine.

Speaker 3 (01:04:13):
Engine is sixty six percent, followed by breaks, fuel exhausting tires.

Speaker 4 (01:04:20):
And most of those things can be avoided absolutely, just
normal common sense. Carger. All changes, right, when you know
lifeblood of your automobile is is oil? All right? All
changes is the without a doubt, the simplest thing, simplest
thing we do on an automobile, and it has the

(01:04:41):
most impact because when that engine is running, you know,
over you know, five six, seven, eight thousand miles, there's
contaminants that get into oil. You know, there's gasoline blow by,
there's you know, friction produced, you know, shavings, there's just
all kinds of bearing material, just normal wear and tear,

(01:05:02):
and it goes, you know, oil goes to a filter,
but it's still it's dirty, and it loses its viscosity,
which makes it unable to control temperature, and heat is
what kills Ninch. So doom yourself a favor. On a
fair bare minimum, use a semisynthetic oil seventy five hundred miles.

(01:05:24):
I prefer five thousand, okay, but you know, do yourself
if ever make that litttle, any one of our stores
will be happy.

Speaker 3 (01:05:35):
Yeah, And I mean this job service department at any
of the stories is great. I mean I use on
Grove Dodge a lot because it's convenient for me. But
I mean, yeah, any of the services, oil changes and
just just a general you know, you know, if your
check engine light comes on, it comes on for a reason,
So you might want to want to get into that.

Speaker 4 (01:05:54):
Yeah, no doubt. But here's your thing. Even with every
oil change, we do one hundred fifty three point infection.
We look at your tires, We look at your breaks.
You know, the technician looks at all your you know,
uh tirod ends, you know, all your system just making
sure that you'll be able to leave they're safe, okay,
and they can give you, you know, some advice that

(01:06:15):
you know, hey, within the next couple of thousand miles,
you're gonna need tires or you know, you've probably got
another five thousand miles left, hold your break, so they
can kind of help you prepare for what your maintenance
costs are gonna be down the road.

Speaker 3 (01:06:28):
Yeah. Absolutely, and I've had that done as well.

Speaker 4 (01:06:32):
Yeah. Yeah, we kind of got a red, yellow, green.
You know, green is good. Yellow, it's gonna need some attention.
Red is bad. You need to do something now.

Speaker 3 (01:06:41):
That red red is not what you want to see
that someone.

Speaker 4 (01:06:45):
If you had you're in that sixty seven percent.

Speaker 3 (01:06:48):
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Speaker 3 (01:07:19):
There you have it. That's it simple as that, I
have great yep, right now, get your car serviced. Yes, please,
you have a great day as well. We'll see you
all right, guys.

Speaker 2 (01:07:33):
Well, and that's just good advice. Because it is summer
travel season. So before you pack your luggage in your
suitcase suitcases.

Speaker 3 (01:07:41):
You need to it's always it's always works if your vehicle.
Get your vehicle checked before you go on vacation and
get your tire pressure your brakes. Anytime you're going on
a road trip of any sort, you know, I mean,
if you're just going you know, maybe one hundred, one
hundred and fifty miles round trip, or you know, maybe
a couple hundred miles you put your probably going to
be okay. But if you're doing but if you're but

(01:08:03):
if you're traveling from you know, say eight hours or
ten hours or a lot of people here go to
Myrtle Beach, your ocean city. So you know, you probably
want to get your car checked and everything before you
do that. If you're due for an oil change, get it.
If you're close, get it. You know, that's that would
be my recommendation.

Speaker 2 (01:08:21):
Yeah. Yeah, that's one thing I am diligent about is
oil changes and stuff. And listen, we're to the point
where our vehicles they tell you, I mean, there's no
excuse anymore. I mean, they they flash, they tell you
it comes up in the computer system everything because of.

Speaker 3 (01:08:35):
Your oil life. You know, the span, you know, and
when you should get it changed. And you know, I
mean I've talked to some mechanics and sometimes you know,
they'll say, look it. They want you to get it
every five thousand miles because you know, obviously that's cash
in hand. And he said, you know, you can go
to eight. But he said, don't really, you know, don't
push it much past that.

Speaker 2 (01:08:55):
Yeah, don't do what my dad did. He one of
his cars, this was probably ten fifteen years ago. He
got so tired of seeing the engine light come on.

Speaker 3 (01:09:05):
He put a piece tape over it.

Speaker 2 (01:09:06):
Yes, yeah, black tape, black electrical tape. I remember saying, Dad,
that's not that's that's not good. He goes, it won't
turn off. It was almost like there was a short
in the line.

Speaker 3 (01:09:16):
Sometimes sometimes it you know, it's funny because there was
somebody that that that happened to that I knew. And
it was basically a nine volt battery. When the battery died,
that the check engine light would come on, or it
was the equivalent.

Speaker 2 (01:09:28):
I don't think he ever figured it out when he
traded in the car. The electrical tape went with it.
So I don't know if that hurt makes sense, hurt
the trade in value or not. But yeah, that that
went with it. So yeah, I didn't.

Speaker 3 (01:09:41):
We don't.

Speaker 2 (01:09:42):
We did not suggest covering up the check engine light.

Speaker 3 (01:09:45):
No, go get it checked.

Speaker 2 (01:09:46):
Yes, all right, let's do it. Our last chance this
morning one eight hundred sixty two, four eleven seventy. Let's
do Caller number ten. One eight hundred sixty two, four
eleven seventy. Caller number ten for your chance to win
a four pack to see the Iron Men down at
Monarch Stadium this Saturday. Caller number ten, one hundred sixty
two four eleven seventy. Everybody, have a great Tuesday. We'll

(01:10:09):
be talking to you tomorrow. Talk to you then